FEBRUARY 2: An MRI confirmed that Irving has a medial ligament sprain in his knee, tweets Brian Lewis of The New York Post. The team will re-evaluate his condition in one week.
FEBRUARY 1: Nets guard Kyrie Irving will undergo an MRI on his right knee tomorrow, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Irving left tonight’s game against the Wizards after spraining the knee while chasing a loose ball (Twitter link from Malika Andrews of ESPN).
The play happened in the fourth quarter as Irving’s leg seemed to get trapped under Bradley Beal as they both fell to the court, relays Stefan Bondy of The New York Daily News. Irving was down on the court in pain for a couple of minutes, but recovered enough take part in a jump ball. However, he hobbled off the court moments later.
Coach Kenny Atkinson confirmed the injury following the game, but wouldn’t comment on the MRI report, tweets Brian Lewis of The New York Post.
Irving has been limited to 19 games during his first season in Brooklyn, mostly because of a shoulder impingement that sidelined him from mid-November to mid-January. He has been spectacular when he has played, averaging a career-best 28.3 points per game, including a 54-point explosion against the Bulls Friday night.
A prolonged absence could sink any playoff hopes for the Nets, who are 21-27 and in seventh place in the East after tonight’s loss.
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I still remember all of the false hope surrounding the Nets last July after they got Kyrie and Durant. Everyone declared them the big winners in free agency, what a joke. No rings for Brooklyn, sorry Nets fans.
No one said that. KD was known to be out all year. Everyone knows you cant judge the Nets until 2020-21
No you can. Irving can’t stay healthy. Plus even with KD bucks are the better team.
Im not expecting them to make the finals. I do expect them to get better with KD no matter how crazy you think it sounds
Finals? Buhahaha
Literally half the people here said it. You can just go back to any Nets thread from November and earlier.
I was going to say glass but this works too
Single ply…
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I think Kyrie is having a hard time being associated with a losing team and probably would rather spend the season in the trainer’s room with Durant.
This. He just knows it isn’t for real until KD shows up.
Yeh, sure, that’s why he just had the best game an NBA guard has had since MJ in the early 90s, he’s not really trying.
Is this Kaylie’s burner?
Regardless of what the. MRI says, he’s gonna sit out multiple games, then practice, then say its not ready, sit some more, practice, play 3 games, then repeat the cycle. At some point, the news release will come that “Nets shut down Irving for rest if season”.
He doesn’t really want to play this season, as mentioned above.
*of…
Must be nice. I can chuck jumpers and not play too. Gimme several millions and a shoe deal.
What’s their record without him?
8-12 with him. 13-15 without him.
ChiNets suck